"Les Rencontres du Cinema Taiwanis” will return for its 3rd edition this February to showcase films by emerging Taiwanese filmmakers at Les 3 Luxembourg in Paris.
Co-organized by the Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris and French film association Lightbox, the program aims to promote Taiwanese films in Europe. Since 2015, it has introduced feature films, documentaries, and short films to French film professionals, as well as offer insights into Taiwan's culture for European audiences.
This year, a total of twelve short films selected from the "Shooting Kaohsiung” program will be screened at Les 3 Luxembourg. "Shooting Kaohsiung” is funded by the Kaohsiung Film Archive to help young filmmakers participate in international film festivals and promote their short films.
In recent years, the Kaohsiung Film Archive has promoted Taiwanese short films in international festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, and Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong.
The "Shooting Kaohsiung” program has supported films made by up-and-coming directors from Taiwan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Some of their films went on to join major film festivals in Busan, Cannes, and Rotterdam.
"2017 Les Rencontres du Cinema Taiwanis”
- "Phantom Cinema (空一格，戲院)” - Cheng Li-ming (鄭立明)
- "Arnie (阿尼)” - Rina Tsou (鄒隆娜)
- "Nia's Door (妮雅的門)” - Lau Kek-huat(廖克發)
- "Babes' Not Alone (亮亮與噴子)” - Lee Yi-shan (李宜珊)
- "You Are My Sunshine (七歲那年的初次見面)” - Huang J. (黃駿傑)
- "100th Birthday Wish (小孩不在家)” - Lien Chien-hung (練建宏)
- "The Evil Inside (噬心魔)” - Lingo Hsieh (謝庭菡)
- "Fur Elise (給愛麗絲)” - Albert Ventura Roldan
- "Midnight Dance (深夜海產店)” - Lu Mian-mian (陸慧綿)
- "The Life of Silence (犧牲之旅)” - Ying Cheng-ru (應政儒)
- "In the Land of the Blind (盲人村)” - Chen Ke-yun (陳可芸)
- "And Soon the Darkness (黑夜來臨)” - Chang Kai-chih (張凱智)
Among the 12 films, "Babes' Not Alone (亮亮與噴子)” by director Lee Yi-shan (李宜珊) has been selected by the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam, while Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek-huat (廖克發) has been invited to participate in the Berlinale Talents workshop of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Before they respectively head to Rotterdam and Berlin, Lee and Lau will join a post-screening forum at Les 3 Luxembourg. The complete program is available here: http://cinema-taiwanais.com/les-rencontres/
‘2017 Les Rencontres du Cinema Taiwanis'
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